Our planet’s history includes episodes of cold so extreme that glaciers reached sea level in equatorial regions.
The large, warm pool of ocean water in the Indian and west Pacific Oceans has been growing warmer and expanding in size since 1900, impacting the Madden Julian Oscillation and regional rainfall.
September 2020 was the hottest September on record for the globe, continuing a sweltering year.
May 2020 tied with May 2016 as the warmest May on record for the globe, continuing 2020’s streak of having every single month either be the warmest or second-warmest month on record
The May 2020 temperature and precipitation outlook issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecasts a warmer-than-average May for the western United States and Gulf Coast and a drier-than-average month for the Great Lakes.
The most comprehensive database ever assembled of paleoclimate proxies that tell scientists about temperatures since the last ice age ended around 12,000 years ago has been released to the public.
Ice cover on the Great Lakes has been decreasing since the 1970s, affecting everything from fishing to shipping.
But basin-wide quiet periods favor rapid intensification of U.S. landfalling hurricanes.
April showers bring May flowers, but what does June bring? History says mid-to-late June brings a higher probability of severe weather across much of the contiguous United States.
A Q & A about the science of detecting the influence of global warming on hurricanes, fires, and other extreme events.